'15 FL DE Marques Ford (FORMER UT commit)

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#626
Nationdom will come in here saying this guy will be special, but this is one of the guys he was complaining about in that horrible 3 star millionaires thread.

On another note, the coaches have such a great eye for talent.
 
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#627
"After winning the defensive line MVP award at Rivals Camp Series Miami, Ford went from off the radar to a high three-star. But after a week at Under Armour that saw him consistently beat four-star offensive linemen in practice and in the actual game, it was clear that he belonged in the Rivals250. Ford is an edge rusher with great athleticism and even though he doesn't have ideal size, he makes up for it with his speed and strength."

-Wommack
 
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turambar85 said:
You say that as if a decimal point is a negligible difference in the evaluation of a recruit. That would be true on a 100 point scale. Rivals has a 10 point scale, ranging from 5.2-6.1. A decimal place difference is a 10% difference.

It makes perfect logical sense if you focus on the fact that it is a 10% difference, and not, as decimals would be in a system them went from 0.1 to 99.9 (or 100) a 0.1% difference.

Take two hypothetical teams with 10 recruits each. If team A has 10 6.0 4 stars, and team B has 10 5.9 4 stars, and there is a 10% difference between a 5.9 and a 6.0, then every single player on team A's commitment list is 10% more valuable. Clearly having 60% more would be easily negated if each one that you had was worth 10% less, and each team had 10 total.

Also, we have 5 more 4 stars than they do. How is that 62.5%? They have 12 4 stars. 5 is not 62% of 12. It's closer to 42%.

Edit: We can disagree with Rivals making AS big of a deal out of the difference between a top 50 4 star and a bottom end of the top 250 4 star. But, it isn't a logical issue. It is a judgment that they made regarding the relative value of each type of commit.

Heck, would you think that it is a illogical for them to do the same with 6.0 and 6.1 players? Let's say we had 17 6.0 commits, and another team had 12 6.1. Would it be illogical to could 12 5 stars as as good, or better than, 17 top end 4 stars? I don't think so. Again, you could make an argument that the difference isn't *that* vast. But it isn't a matter of logic. It is a matter of evaluative standards.
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They had 8 when I wrote this and they added one since then. You are making a case that the 10% difference in point ranking makes up for and surpasses having 55.5% more players of just 10% lower quality. If an evaluative standard isn't based on logic, then what is it based on?
 
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Volfan76 said:
They had 8 when I wrote this and they added one since then. You are making a case that the 10% difference in point ranking makes up for and surpasses having 55.5% more players of just 10% lower quality. If an evaluative standard isn't based on logic, then what is it based on?
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if i understand it correctly there is another layer of complication. a 5.8 4* star in the 250 is worth 20% more than a 5.8* outside of the top 250. And being in the top 100 gives another boost, Top 50 and Top of position also give bonuses as well. again all if i am remembering correctly.

each evaluation is based on opinion, different sites have different people so different opinions and different ratings.
 
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Volfan76 said:
They had 8 when I wrote this and they added one since then. You are making a case that the 10% difference in point ranking makes up for and surpasses having 55.5% more players of just 10% lower quality. If an evaluative standard isn't based on logic, then what is it based on?
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I am arguing that 10 10% differences can outweigh a 55% overall discrepancy in another category.
 
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#635
roosterjbh said:
Nationdom will come in here saying this guy will be special, but this is one of the guys he was complaining about in that horrible 3 star millionaires thread.

On another note, the coaches have such a great eye for talent.
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another reason not to feed that trolling moran...valid victorian,he is not...
 
#638
#638
This shows that hard work pays off, one can tell mr. Ford works extremely hard to perfect his craft. He's only gonna get better too
 
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Ericvol2096 said:
His Rivals Profile is now showing him as a 5.8 4*.

Looks like he'll be in the top 250 today!

#BOOM!

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Marques Ford - Yahoo! Sports
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Nice
 
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#644
Im gonna say florida is the reason why, but we always knew that that was gonna be a tough fight.

And I'm not gonna say "overrated" because he decommited from use, whoever gets him is getting a good player.
 
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#645
His tweet after decommitting was "well now what".

Sounds like it might not have been his decision.

Pure speculation on my part
 
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#649
Guyute said:
"Circumstances" seems to be huge contributing factor in the decommitment of dozens of players each year. How do we stop circumstances from tearing this recruiting class apart? Does Butch know about circumstances? Does he even care?

Something must be done.
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Quick!...somebody google circumstances! :gone:
 
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